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Study shows long-COVID hits hardest in Republican states

web.archive.org First state-level look at long COVID reveals the seven hardest-hit states

New England and the Pacific tended to have lower rates of long COVID.

First state-level look at long COVID reveals the seven hardest-hit states

... Overall, the CDC found that seven states in the South, West, and Midwest had the highest prevalence of long COVID in the country, between 8.9 percent and 10.6 percent: Alabama, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wyoming, and, the state with the highest prevalence of 10.6 percent, West Virginia. …

On the other end of the spectrum, New England states, Washington, and Oregon had lower prevalence rates, between 3.7 percent and 5.3 percent. The lowest rate was seen in the US Virgin Islands with 1.9 percent. Washington, DC, and Guam had ranges between 1.9 percent and 3.6 percent. …

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